“In Chinese love stories the one who loves always starts by borrowing a book from the beloved.”
“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone one who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
“One who has no beloved in the country can never love the country.”
“Infatuation is not quite the same thing as love; it's more like love's shady second cousin who's always borrowing money and can't hold down a job.”
“Is it the beloved who evokes love, or the lover who has love to give?”
“A book is a collaboration between the one who reads and what is read and, at its best, that coming together is a love story like any other.”